Seven adult-sized humanoid robots took the stage during Drexel University's celebration of National Engineers Week, in a first-of-its-kind assembly of robotic technology. A showcase event on Feb. 20 introduced all seven of ...
Robotics
Feb 21, 2012
2
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory team dominated the international robot soccer competition known as RoboCup this past weekend, winning the Louis Vuitton Humanoid Cup, the competition’s ...
Robotics
Jul 12, 2011
0
0
Japanese inventors have pushed the frontiers of technology with the ultimate companion for lonely singles -- a wired torso-shaped device that you can hug and that hugs you back.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 23, 2011
1
0
Only a decade ago, musically-aware humanoids, or robots, equipped to play popular songs on the piano and dance to audio beats could have come to life only in a science fiction film, but for Drexel University graduate student ...
Robotics
Mar 17, 2011
0
0
The US space program's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, was on track to make its final Earth landing Wednesday after a near-perfect last mission to the space station.
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2011
0
0
Six US astronauts are wrapping their mission at the International Space Station on Sunday before strapping themselves back into the shuttle Discovery, one day before setting back toward Earth, NASA said.
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2011
0
0
(AP) -- The space shuttle and space station crews will soon say goodbye.
Space Exploration
Mar 6, 2011
0
0
The 220-mile-high unveiling of R2, the first humanoid robot in space, is being moved up at the urging of the president of the United States.
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2011
0
0
(AP) -- The 12 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex had to explain to a higher authority Thursday why they hadn't yet unpacked R2, the first humanoid robot in space.
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2011
6
0
The US space shuttle Discovery was poised to reach the International Space Station on Saturday as part of its final mission, carrying a new module and a robot to the orbiting research lab.
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2011
0
0
